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March 07, 2026, 09:15:52 PM
Last edit: March 07, 2026, 09:32:40 PM by giakatiscam |
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I'm writing this review because I want every single person searching for Billy Giakatis, William Giakatis, or Will G to find this before they make the same mistake I did. I lost real money to this scam, and the more people who know about it, the better.
It started on Instagram. The @pickplug account — run by Billy Giakatis, also known as William Giakatis and online as "Will G" — looked incredibly convincing. Massive parlay wins screenshotted and posted regularly. Luxury sports cars. Mansions. A lifestyle that screamed "this guy has cracked the code on sports betting." His follower count was growing, people were commenting, and the whole thing felt credible.
So I did what a lot of people did — I paid for a Pick Plug subscription. I handed over my hard-earned money because Will G made it look like a sure thing. Why wouldn't I trust someone with a track record like that?
The picks were terrible. Not a cold streak — just consistently, inexplicably bad. I started questioning it pretty quickly. When I reached out to Billy Giakatis looking for answers or any kind of accountability, I got nothing useful back. No refund. No explanation. Just brush-offs and silence.
That's when I started digging, and what I found was infuriating.
Every single winning bet slip William Giakatis posted? Doctored. Fabricated images designed to look real. The exotic cars and mansions plastered all over his feed? Not his. When investigators actually tallied up his real sports betting record, Will G was a net loser. The whole persona — the wins, the wealth, the lifestyle — was one giant, carefully constructed lie built specifically to take money from people like me.
When other victims began confronting Billy Giakatis about the scam, he didn't just go quiet — he allegedly sent death threats. Victims reported receiving messages like "Watch your back, you're a dead man walking" and other violent, explicit threats. This wasn't just a shady pick seller cutting corners. This was predatory, threatening behavior toward the very people he defrauded.
Federal authorities have since charged William Giakatis with 17 counts of fraud. As of 2021, it's alleged that he scammed over 38 individuals out of more than $450,000 combined. If convicted, Billy Giakatis faces up to five years in federal prison. The financial crimes division confirmed the Instagram account behind the scam was directly linked to him.
This is what I really want to know. If you were also scammed by Billy Giakatis, William Giakatis, or through the Pick Plug / Pick Professor Inc operation — have you managed to recover any of your funds? Through your bank, a chargeback, legal action, anything? Please share your experience in the comments. There are reportedly at least 38 known victims, and I have to believe some of us have options we don't know about yet.
The more victims who come forward and connect, the stronger the collective case becomes. Don't suffer in silence — there are others who went through exactly what you did.
William Giakatis built an entire fraudulent identity online to steal money from sports betting fans. The wins were fake. The lifestyle was fake. The "expertise" was fake. What was very real was the money he took from real people, and the threats he made when those people dared to ask questions.
If you're searching Billy Giakatis, Will G, William Giakatis, Pick Plug, or Pick Professor Inc — consider this your warning. Federal charges are filed. The truth is out. And there's a growing community of victims who are not staying quiet.
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